A Natural History of the Senses (Vintage) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of A Natural History of the Senses (Vintage) Friday, July 31 2009.

• Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New York, along with dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth. "Delightful . . . gives the reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in."--The New York Times. (Literature--Classics & Contemporary)

Shelfari edited the contributors of A Natural History of the Senses (Vintage) Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : Diane Ackerman:

Shelfari edited the contributors of A Natural History of the Senses (Vintage) Friday, July 17 2009.

• Added a contributor: Diane Ackerman: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of A Natural History of the Senses (Vintage) Friday, July 17 2009.

• Nothing is more memorable than a smell.